Tensions between China and many of its neighbors continue to drive the growth of military spending in Asia," said Siemon Wezeman, senior researcher with the SIPRI AMEX program.
President Ronald Reagan initiated a military spending race with the Soviet Union that ended up altering the global balance of power in ways that affected many countries worldwide.
Moreover, he argues, increased military expenditure and military operations overseas are nothing to do with‘right of belligerency' forbidden by Article Nine but rather an example of‘proactive pacifism.'.
Diverting only a quarter of current global military expenditure would free up $434.5bn annually that could instead be used to save lives, prevent extreme deprivation and strengthen United Nations peacekeeping efforts.
But, in spite of the proposals, the international community has not been able of reaching an agreement that limit the military expense or determine a percentage of that expense for national development.
The belligerent posture of military confrontation toward Russia will result in an increase in military spending among the EU states and further divert scarce economic resources form job creation and social programs.
Japan will continue to advocate for increased transparency and dialogue on military expenditures at the United Nations. Panelists and participants gathered at UN Headquarters to discuss the latest SIPRI data.
Siemon Wezeman, Senior Researcher with the SIPRI Arms and Military Expenditure Program, told Reuters,"The Chinese until ten years ago were only able to offer low tech equipment.
In the 1980s, US President Ronald Reagan initiated a military spending race with the Soviet Union that ended up altering the global balance of power in ways that affected many countries worldwide.
According to the head of the SIPRI's military expenditure department, Sam Perlo-Freeman,"in many cases,‘growth of military spending' is the result of corruption, personal interests and autocratic rule.".
From that time on, successive American administrations argued with the Shah about his military expenditures, urging him to spend more on economic and social reforms, with only mixed results.
In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan initiated a military spending race with the Soviet Union that altered the global balance of power and affected many countries.
The government must reduce its non developmental budget, reduce the military expenditures and refuse to pay the foreign debts to help the flood victims.
Military spending- predominantly on hardware and the development of weapons systems and the nuclear programme- has always been prioritized, even during periods of mass starvation.
At the last NATO summit two years ago in Wales, the US harangued its European allies to commit 2 per cent of GDP to military spending.
核兵器の状態や地域電力、それは世界第3位の常備軍を持っており、国家間の軍事支出の第九位にランク。
It also is a nuclear weapons state and a regional power and it has the third-largest standing army in the world and ranks ninth in military expenditure among nations.
Greenpeace and many of our allies, we fought against President Obama's military spending, and we will fight against President Trump's military spending.
The recent elections in Afghanistan proceeded without major incident in early April, with its political terror score improving, however being partly offset by increased terrorist activity and military expenditure.
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